Episodes
12 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
42 episodes in 2022
🎙MY FIRST MILLION
1h 55m The 2022 Milly Awards (#401)
In the third annual Milly Awards, hosts Sean Puri, Sam Parr, and guest Andrew Wilkinson review the key business moves, investments, and cultural moments of 2022 while setting wild prediction…
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1h 40m BREAKING: Shaan Sells the Milk Road - A Conversation With the Buyers
Shaan Puri announces the acquisition of his crypto newsletter, The Milk Road, sitting down with buyers Mike Wittmeyer and Kendall Saville to unpack the mechanics of the deal and explore thei…
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1h 13m University of Michigan Students Pitch Us Their Startups | $5000 Prize Money (#396)
In this special pitch competition episode, podcast hosts Sean Puri and Sam Parr evaluate five innovative University of Michigan student startup teams competing for a five thousand dollar pri…
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1h 10m How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Entrepreneur Bryan Johnson discusses his journey bootstrapping Braintree to an $800 million exit, his philosophical principles regarding wealth and deep-tech innovation, and how his longevit…
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1h 25m Ranking The Best And Worst Businesses To Start w/ Billionaire Investor Andrew Wilkinson (#386)
In this episode of My First Million, hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview Tiny co-founder Andrew Wilkinson to analyze business model difficulty, share lessons from multi-million-dollar en…
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56m How This OnlyFans Model Built A $40 Million Business Empire (#383)
In this episode, top digital creator Kaitlyn Siragusa (Amouranth) joins Shaan Puri and Sam Parr to break down how she built a $40 million content empire, scaled her backend talent agency, op…
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1h 28m Kevin Rose: His $100M/Year Watch Blog, Money From Digg.com, & Web3 Business (#382)
Tech entrepreneur and investor Kevin Rose joins Sam Parr and Sean Puri on the My First Million podcast to discuss his prolific entrepreneurial journey, from building Digg and angel investing…
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1h 2m 8 Profitable Side Hustles For The Halloween & Christmas Season (#381)
In this episode, Shaan Puri and Sam Parr explore high-margin seasonal business models and viral side hustles across Halloween and Christmas, while breaking down Elon Musk's Twitter takeover …
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1h 32m From Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378)
Oculus VR and Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey joins My First Million to discuss his journey from flipping iPhones to selling Oculus to Facebook for billions, his conservative invest…
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1h 18m 9 Business Ideas To Profit From The 2022 A.I. Gold Rush (Using Dall-E & GPT3) (#376)
Hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri explore the transformative wave of generative AI, dissecting a synthetic podcast between Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs, analyzing emerging creative models, and highl…
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1h 8m 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
Shaan Puri and guest Steph Smith brainstorm high-demand business opportunities across digital menu optimization, college athlete NIL marketplaces, and viral consumer products. They also anal…
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48m How To Get Started With Building An Audience in 2022 (#373)
Media entrepreneurs Shaan Puri and Saagar Enjeti break down their foundational frameworks, viral content mechanics, and tactical playbooks for building massive digital audiences and scalable…
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1h 10m This Guy Went From $0 to Billionaire By Starting A Toy Factory In China (#372)
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr break down how Nick Mowbray bootstrapped Zuru Toys into a multi-billion-dollar automated manufacturing empire with zero outside venture capital. The hosts also explor…
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1h 23m Asking A Billionaire Investor How To Prepare For The Economic Collapse (#371)
In this episode of My First Million, hosts Sean Puri and Sam Parr interview Tiny co-founder Andrew Wilkinson to unpack his contrarian strategies for navigating economic downturns, allocating…
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1h 13m Ryan Holiday Reveals How Much Best Selling Authors Make, Crazy Peter Thiel Stories & More (#370)
Author Ryan Holiday joins host Sam Parr to break down the real financial economics of book publishing, scalable content creation systems, and how applying Stoic principles helps creators bal…
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35m Controversial Business Lessons From Napoleon, Edison, & Hitler (#369)
Hosts Sam Parr and Ben Wilson analyze the psychological traits, communication mastery, and concentrated tactical strategies of history's most prominent conquerors and achievers, translating …
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1h 1m How Roger Federer Became The First Tennis Billionaire (#367)
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr dissect how world-class athletes, startup founders, and investors generate monumental wealth through asymmetric equity, disciplined incentive design, and long-term ow…
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35m How I Spend $15,000/Year To Get & Stay Ripped (As An Entrepreneur) (#366)
In this episode of My First Million, Sam Parr and Shaan Puri break down their personal fitness stacks, annual health budgets, and daily routines as busy entrepreneurs. Comparing high-perform…
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1h 10m How Successful Startups Got Their First 1000 Customers (Uber, Product Hunt & More) (#362)
Sam Parr and Sean Puri explore how iconic startups and creators engineer early momentum through unscalable manual hustle, while breaking down the exponential upside of tech equity, angel inv…
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1h 8m 4 Robot Businesses That Will Take Over The Fast Food Industry (#359)
Sam Parr and Sean Puri explore how programmable robotics and automation are set to transform food service and manufacturing, while dissecting the leadership models, extreme psychological tra…
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1h 19m We Hosted A Shark Tank For Tech Startups | My First Million Demo Day (#356)
In this live-streamed demo day on the Stonks platform, 'My First Million' co-hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri evaluate six early-stage startup pitches, grilling founders on unit economics, grow…
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56m 6 Hilarious Business Ideas That Could Make You $1,000,000 in 2022 (#351)
In this 'Drunk Ideas' episode of My First Million, hosts Sean Puri and Sam Parr pitch six unconventional, high-margin business concepts ranging from voyeuristic therapy platforms to privacy …
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56m The Easiest Way To Make $10,000/Month In Passive Income
In this episode of My First Million, Sam Parr and Sean Puri break down actionable frameworks for building a $10,000-per-month productized service business while exploring profitable digital …
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1h 6m Our Producer Had A 90-Minute Phone Call With Mr Beast…
In this episode of My First Million, Sam Parr and Shaan Puri dissect show producer Ben Wilson's unexpected advisory call with MrBeast, explore personal wellness and behavioral accountability…
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1h 28m How To Come Up With Billion Dollar Business Ideas | Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah
HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah joins Sam Parr and Sean Puri to share battle-tested frameworks on skill stacking, unconventional talent acquisition, high-leverage operating models, …
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1h 1m How FTX Scaled A $30 Billion Company With Only 30 Engineers!
In this episode of My First Million, Sean Puri and Sam Parr explore how hyper-lean startups outperform bloated tech giants, analyze structured frameworks for hosting high-impact social gathe…
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1h 0m Asking Colin & Samir How To Make $1,000,000 On YouTube
In this episode of My First Million, hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview creator economy analysts Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry to dissect their journey from niche sports filmmakers …
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1h 4m Behind The Scenes Of The Billionaires' Mastermind (TIGER 21) | Michael Sonnenfeldt Interview
In this in-depth interview with Sam Parr, TIGER 21 founder Michael Sonnenfeldt explores the structure, scale, and philosophy behind the world's premier peer network for ultra-high-net-worth …
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22m 6 Profitable Business Ideas You Should Start in 2022
In this episode, hosts Sean Puri and Sam Parr brainstorm six distinct and inventive startup concepts spanning local inventory search, virtual meeting lobbies, quirky office decor, community …
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30m How To Get Billion Dollar Business Ideas From Investment Bankers
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri break down unconventional frameworks for generating high-margin business ideas by interviewing M&A investment bankers, examine the massive economics behind live enter…
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24m Behind The Scenes Of $1,000,000/Year Online Courses
Online marketing expert Amy Porterfield joins hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri to share behind-the-scenes insights into building multi-million-dollar online course businesses, scaling team oper…
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15m How To Turn $10,000 Into $150,000 With Angel Investing
Sam Parr and Sean Puri break down the mechanics, mindset, and deal-sourcing strategies of angel investing, explaining how to leverage brand visibility, thematic research, and long-term patie…
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19m Find Profitable Business Ideas By Studying Weird Trends
The podcast explores how entrepreneurs can build highly profitable businesses by analyzing fringe subcultures, supply chain inefficiencies, and shifting cultural attitudes toward work and co…
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45m 3 Profitable Business Ideas You Should Start in 2022
Steph Smith joins Sam Parr and Sean Puri on My First Million to brainstorm high-potential business opportunities across gamified recruiting, reverse logistics, hidden real estate monetizatio…
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39m Drunk Business Ideas That Could Make You Millions
Shaan Puri, Sam Parr, and Ben pitch and critique four unconventional business concepts spanning digital companionship, luxury bedding, neighborhood courtroom media, and live-streamed tech ha…
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30m Asking The Founder Of Grammarly How He Built A $13 Billion Company
In this in-depth interview, Grammarly co-founder Max Litvin details how an engineering mindset, disciplined bootstrapping, and a vision for universal communication efficiency transformed an …
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1h 12m Ryan Holiday On The Economics Of Book Publishing
Author Ryan Holiday joins hosts Shaan Puri and Sam Parr to unpack the economic mechanics of bestselling authorship, diversified physical product monetization, and real estate investing, whil…
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44m Is The Rock Going to Make $1B+ From Tequila? + Placebo Water, STR Update, and More
In this episode, Shaan Puri and Sam Parr debate the psychology of extreme wealth versus Stoic contentment, break down lucrative niche business models, analyze consumer tech churn, and pitch …
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51m $1M By 19, $100M+ By 35 -- Here's How He Did It
Serial entrepreneur Val Katayev sits down with Sam Parr to break down how he generated over $100 million by mastering digital arbitrage, building global ad platforms, disrupting the fine jew…
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1h 19m Brainstorming The Best Business Ideas To Start In 2022 with Noah Kagan
AppSumo founder Noah Kagan joins Sam Parr on 'My First Million' to brainstorm high-potential business opportunities, dissect content and audience growth tactics, and share actionable framewo…
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1h 18m Saas Companies that Anyone Can Start with Rob Walling
Sam Parr, Ben, and guest Rob Walling explore the mechanics of bootstrapping high-margin SaaS businesses, evaluating niche software opportunities, building moats through in-person communities…
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1h 30m Solana Billionaires, MFM Goes Viral on TikTok, Right to Be Forgotten, and More
In this episode, Sam Parr and Shaan Puri analyze the massive talent migration and wealth creation in Web3, the mechanics of online reputation management, the psychology of ambitious founder …
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